Drawing1 on startup

How can I stop AutoCAD from creating this new drawing when I startup? I very rarely open AutoCAD wanting to start a new drawing from scratch. Is there a command line switch or something similar that I can use?

 

Just double-click on a .dwg file - with Explorer.
Bob

 

In Options, under System, next to Startup, enable "Show Startup dialog box.
This will give you the option of opening an existing drawing or starting a
new one.

 

Bob, thanks for your quick reply, but I'm already aware of that one. I'd like to be able to click on the AutoCAD icon and start AutoCAD with no drawings open. I want just what I see after starting AutoCAD and then closing Drawing1.

 

That's closer, but I really don't want that dialog box either.

 

Create a startup routine and issue a "close"? I don't know how to do that
yet so I can't test it, but it should work.

very rarely open AutoCAD wanting to start a new drawing from scratch. Is
there a command line switch or something similar that I can use?

 

That's closer, but I really don't want that dialog box either.

Sorry, but those are your choices. If you cancel that box you're right back
where you were, with an unwanted new drawing. AFAIK, there isn't a way to
reprogram the program to your exact preferences.

That would be an empty screen waiting for you to pull down "open" or
"new" -- either of which will bring up the same identical dialog box that
you get when you make the same choice from the startup dialog. Apparently
this boils down to your wanting to issue your first command from a pulldown
instead of a dialog box.

I suppose you could do some kind of workaround such as an acad.lsp that
would close the initial drawing after it was created, but it wouldn't save
any time, and personally I just don't do things like that. This question has
come up repeatedly -- usually for a different reason than purely interface
preference -- and I don't recall anyone having any solutions besides Bob's
and mine.

 

I have to take that back. I bet if you dbl click on a file in explorer that
it would open then close. probably not what you wanted.

 

btw, there are only two lines in the file close.scr

close
y

 

If you do this, all temporary files associated with the drawing are kept in

Temporary file locations depend on the settings of your current profile
(the profile in effect the last time AutoCAD was opened by that user
on that station).
On my computers for example, the profile is set for c:\temp. We don't
change this with different profiles.

Not necessarily. See above.

A double click open will choose the default operation which can be configured
by the operating system. The open operation is overwritten each time
ACAD is opened. The version that will be used will always be the one last
used. To change the version, just use another desktop icon to open.

True, but not any more than many other techniques. I find it is one way that
I can be sure that the directory that I launch the drawing from is the one used
for saving and xreffing as long as the variable REMEMBERFOLDERS is set
to 0.

Regards,
Doug Broad

 

Hi,

If you do this, all temporary files associated with the drawing are kept in
the same directory as the file.

If it is on a network, this may cause all sorts of network overload
problems.

If you have multiple versions of AutoCADs installed you will not know which
one will open.

Double click to open should be treated with caution.

--


Laurie Comerford
CADApps
www.cadapps.com.au

 

If you do this, all temporary files associated with the drawing are kept
in the same directory as the file.

Huh? I don't see any difference in temporary file location based on how the
file is opened. They go to the temp file folder that I've designated,
regardless of whether I start Acad from a the desktop icon or by
double-clicking a file. Perhaps you can elaborate. That would be alarming
behavior, but I've never seen it and wonder what in the world would induce
it.

which one will open.

In the experiences I've had, during version transitions (R14 - 2000i and
2000i - 20004), whichever version you last used to save a file would become
the default association for double-clicking dwg files. This was fairly
intuitive, as long as you didn't try running both versions at one time. If
you needed to work in the other version, you closed Acad and started the
other from the icon. Once you'd done a save, you could double-click to your
heart's content and stay in the same version.

 

Could you modify it to open the last file closed?

Gary

 

Press ALT+F+1

 

Thanks

Gary

 

Kelie - Thanks. That's does what I want indirectly. I was hoping to just not open the drawing to begin with, but this gets me to the same situation in the end and does it quickly. Thanks very much.